Green

Grapevine

Note Profile

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Also Known As

Vine

About

Grapevine is a green, sappy note for the shoots, tendrils and leaves of the grapevine, not the fruit. It reads sharp, tart and vegetal, and dries to a woody-green. In Jo Malone London's Cypress & Grapevine, the grapevine heart is an accord of cedarwood and vetiver with amber and a juicy grape note.

Scent Profile

Grapevine smells sharp, sappy and green, like crushed vine tendrils in spring. A tart, slightly sour and bitter edge runs through it. A bell-pepper green, almost metallic in its sharpness, reads as vine rather than cut grass. On skin it dries to a quiet woody-green, like dried vine cuttings left in the sun. In woody perfumes it sits closer to cedar and vetiver, with a faint juicy grape note. It carries a faint stony, mineral edge, like cool stone, under the green.

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EnvelopeHeart · ~5h lasting

Family Green & Aromatic, Fruity, Woody & Earthy

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Materials That Can Make This Note

Grapevine is usually built as an accord, a blend of several materials, rather than made from one.

Origin

Grapevine is a composed accord, not an oil distilled from Vitis vinifera. Première Peau says no standard grapevine essential oil exists. It says the note is rebuilt from cis-3-hexenyl acetate, cis-3-hexenol, trace methoxypyrazines and green-woody materials. It also says some houses use a vine leaf absolute. No supplier of such an absolute was found on 2026-10-10.

Usage in Perfumery

Perfumers use grapevine for a cultivated, agricultural green: vineyard rather than forest. Première Peau pairs it with fig leaf, grape and Mediterranean herbs. Jo Malone London uses it as the heart of Cypress & Grapevine (2020), between a cypress top and an amber base.